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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2762 By: Ford
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; making
certain acts unlawful; providing penal ties; defining
terms; providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 117 6 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Whoever, with the intent to threaten, intimidate or harass
or facilitate another to threaten, intimidate or harass, uses an
electronic communication device to knowingly publish, post or
otherwise make available personally identifiable information of a
first responder or elected official, and as a result places that
first responder or elected official in reasonable fear of death or
serious bodily injury shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term
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not to exceed one (1 ) year, or by a fine of One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. As used in this section:
1. "Electronic communication " shall have the same meanin g as
that term is defined in Section 1172 of Ti tle 21 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. Electronic communication does not include broadcast
transmissions or similar communications that are not targeted at any
specific individual;
2. "Electronic communication dev ice" means any cellular
telephone, facsimile, pager, computer or any device capable of
electronic communication ;
3. "First responder" means state and local law enforcement
personnel, fire depar tment personnel and emergency medical
personnel;
4. "Personally identifiable information " means information
which can identify an individual including, but not limited to,
name, birth date, place of birth, mother 's maiden name, biometric
records, Social Security number, official state - or government-
issued driver license or identification number, government passport
number, employer or taxpayer identification number or any other
information that is linked or linkable to an individual, such as
medical, educational, financial or employment information ;
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5. "Elected official" means any person elected to a state
office in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state
government or other political subdivision of the state ; and
6. "Publish" means to circulate, deliver, distribute,
disseminate, transmit or otherwis e make available to another person .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-5976 GRS 12/23/20